id: 119618
accession number: 1940.47
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Lion with Cub in Mouth, 618–907. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Earthenware with polychrome glaze; overall: 15.3 cm (6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1940.47
title: Lion with Cub in Mouth
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creation date: 618–907
creation date earliest: 618
creation date latest: 907
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creditline: Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture: China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
technique: earthenware with polychrome glaze
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Tang Dynasty
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 15.3 cm (6 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics
opening date: 1940-02-28T05:00:00
Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 28-April 7, 1940).
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
title: The Twain Shall Meet
opening date: 1985-10-30T05:00:00
The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Wells Objects of Art, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1940
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1940–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Hollis, Howard. "Some Early Chinese Pottery." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 27, no 10 (December 1940): 154–155.
page number: Mentioned: p. 155; Reproduced: p. 159
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25140891
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